Orikoru
Tour Winner
Size of that green is insane. I'd be four-putting all over the place.. probably wouldn't have enough club for some of them. 
Playing TOC St Andrews
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Duckster
Tour Rookie
I don’t think anyone can convince the OP on here that he should do it. I’ve no idea of the age of the OP, how long they’ve been playing etc… but it simply doesn’t seem like he wants to shell out the cash.
I do get it, it is a LOT of money (unless you know a resident who use their points towards your round….). If you are only up there for 3 days and have the 3 day ticket then you would lose a round or two and that’s not getting your best value for money.
For me, I’ve played it 5 times now and love it. By far and away my favourite golf course, in my (and the wife’s) favourite town in the country. However I’ve had trips there where I’ve just played some of the other courses and given the Old a swerve.
Get your monies worth and do 36 in a day on at least one of the days. Even playing same course twice, especially if it’s the New or Jubilee so you can see the difference it makes to how the course plays when the tides turning.
Hope you have a great trip!
I do get it, it is a LOT of money (unless you know a resident who use their points towards your round….). If you are only up there for 3 days and have the 3 day ticket then you would lose a round or two and that’s not getting your best value for money.
For me, I’ve played it 5 times now and love it. By far and away my favourite golf course, in my (and the wife’s) favourite town in the country. However I’ve had trips there where I’ve just played some of the other courses and given the Old a swerve.
Get your monies worth and do 36 in a day on at least one of the days. Even playing same course twice, especially if it’s the New or Jubilee so you can see the difference it makes to how the course plays when the tides turning.
Hope you have a great trip!
SteveW86
Head Pro
Reservoir….sailed there many times.
Similar to the course by the side of Rutland Water I imagine.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Now't to do with the thread topic, but what the chuff is that trolley doing at the front of the green with players all at the pin, while we're young fellas !
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Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
I have yet to play Rutland Water golf course, but I think it will be a lot flatter than Draycote and a bit more open with fewer trees. Lots of ups and downs at Draycote and you get to see the rezzy from the 12th green to the 14th tee. Rest of the time it is mostly hidden from view even though it is a massive lake.
My favourite coastal view from a golf course is Three Cliffs Bay from Pennard.
some big greens on TOC, Double Green as well, part of the course protection, easy to multi putt.Size of that green is insane. I'd be four-putting all over the place.. probably wouldn't have enough club for some of them.
Bamberdele2.0
Active member
A definite highlight of my golfing journey was getting an eagle on this hole last year during a comp.
I know you said you’d like to play it again and I’m always happy to host. Maybe another little midlands knock is in order
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
Well I agree with the OP, I’ve just spent two hours on the tracer sim and it was boring…….
rulie
Head Pro
And what course isn't boring on a sim?
simsini
Active member
Royal St Georges is a far better course than St Andrews. Visit Kent instead.
Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
Bamberdele2.0
Active member
Torrey Pines
Fields Ranch East + West
Royal St George
Centro Nacional
Spanish Bay
Kiawah Island
PGA National Florida
Bethpage
Bro Hof castle course
Spyglass Hill
Harbour Town
Oakmont
Pinehurst
Pebble Beach
Pretty much all except TOC
DeanoMK
Club Champion
In my opinion it is worth the green fee. It was a fantastic experience - one that I think about almost daily tbh and it's been nearly 6 years since I visited.
Dando
Q-School Graduate
Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Spanish Bay.
Useful prep for my 50th!
So glad I haven’t got to carry you around those as well
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
Well according to the OP that’s where his view come from, so I wanted to explore his experience. It was toss…
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
We’ll just have to hear about them for years
GB72
Money List Winner
I think I agree with the OP on a number of aspects (not necessarily about the look etc of the course). I am not a great watcher of golf, I actually find it great fun to play but pretty boring to watch in the main (last couple of hours of a good major perhaps being an exception) but I think that is probably why it took me so long to give the game a go. I am also no golf historian. I can name players I saw on TV as a kid etc but not events, courses or anything else and I actually had no idea where they were playing and probably did not take any notice of that until I started playing myself. On that basis, the biggest selling points that have been mentioned do not apply to me. Nothing wrong with that, we are all different.
The thing is that some golfers are different but often get pilloried about it. For that £320.00 I would rather spent a night or two away playing with good mates on a bog standard course. That is my idea of golf enjoyment and I do not get that from treading in the footsteps of the greats. My first love is always rugby. What would be my rugby equivalent, to play on the pitch at Welford Road and you know what, I have done that a few times over the years and it cost me nothing. When I played, and when I play again, golf was never about the course, the score or any of that, it was having a laugh in the company of mates for 4 hours. That experience that I look for is going to be no better on a £320 round on the Old Course but, as I said, that is what I look for from a round of golf and expensive courses and history do not provide that. I have taken plenty of flack for that, just because some people do not look for the same things or get different things out of the sport or do not have any interest in certain elements of it does not make them 'not a true golfer' as I have seen the OP described as. People can take what they want from golf but whatever they want, if they are getting it from playing golf they are as true a golfer as anyone else.
The thing is that some golfers are different but often get pilloried about it. For that £320.00 I would rather spent a night or two away playing with good mates on a bog standard course. That is my idea of golf enjoyment and I do not get that from treading in the footsteps of the greats. My first love is always rugby. What would be my rugby equivalent, to play on the pitch at Welford Road and you know what, I have done that a few times over the years and it cost me nothing. When I played, and when I play again, golf was never about the course, the score or any of that, it was having a laugh in the company of mates for 4 hours. That experience that I look for is going to be no better on a £320 round on the Old Course but, as I said, that is what I look for from a round of golf and expensive courses and history do not provide that. I have taken plenty of flack for that, just because some people do not look for the same things or get different things out of the sport or do not have any interest in certain elements of it does not make them 'not a true golfer' as I have seen the OP described as. People can take what they want from golf but whatever they want, if they are getting it from playing golf they are as true a golfer as anyone else.
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Bamberdele2.0
Active member
Nail on head for me.
My first golfing trip was last year to Ashbury Manor. It cost £350 for 4 nights - breakfast lunch dinner and bed with unlimited golf on 5 different courses. 16 of us went.
Now, the venue to my knowledge doesn’t seem like it’s steeped in history. The courses are definitely playable and the accommodation extraordinarily outdated. Food surprisingly good and looked forward to each meal.
The memories made will last a lifetime and that annual trip is now something I look forward to every year. It’s by far the biggest event for me at present in my golfing calendar.
And to put a price on that?
Roughly the same as 1 knock at TOC.
Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
They are totally different experiences.
I love both the kind of thing you've described above and the TOC experience.
But some love one over the other.
Some love neither (weirdos!).
Not saying you're wrong with your above statement at all. Just they're different experiences for the same money.
I think we can honestly say now, with all the evidence, you won't be playing TOC. But you will have a blast playing the others with mates anyway, so you've not missed out on tour favoured experience.
D
Deleted member 15344
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You are comparing apples to bananas
I have been to Ashbury and it’s good fun , we have enjoyed it down there a number of times
It’s just different expirence when playing a top level course
If you are more interested in the experience that the company provides then it doesn’t matter where you play , you won’t need to play TOC or indeed any top course - just enjoy the company you have with mates
